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No two winemaking regions are the same – indeed, there can be myriad differences between two vineyards in close proximity to one another. What makes every wine unique is its terroir, a French term meaning ‘a sense of place’. While there’s no official definition of terroir, it’s a widely accepted phrase among wine aficionados when it comes to describing a wine’s particular qualities, and generally hinges on the combination of several elements of wine growing, including temperature, climate, soil composition and topography (things like slopes and elevation).